A white light appeared above the central stone monument at the initial login point in Novice Village of Destiny. It gradually coalesced, forming a tangible figure.
A male game character stood there, dressed in plain cloth robes. His face was ordinary, slightly effeminate and frail.
Soulshadow Tianyou raised his hands and waved them up and down. They felt no different from his real hands. He took a few steps forward, finding his movements lighter and more agile than in reality.
He looked up at the sky—a pristine azure blue, unlike reality’s murky haze. The game’s sky was a hundred times more beautiful.
But the world’s hyper-realism blurred the line between game and reality. His brain spiraled into chaos, triggering dizziness—holographic vertigo.
The longer he played, the worse the confusion and dizziness grew. He could last at most thirty minutes.
After thirty minutes, the system would forcibly eject him for safety, whether he wanted to leave or not.
Time was tight…
Destiny Village was laid out like a Chinese-style wuxia hamlet.
Soulshadow Tianyou scanned the area. Not a single player was present; every humanoid figure was an NPC.
No surprise. Nationwide, players were obsessed with today’s event—the New Year Boss spawn. Though random, it’d never appear in a novice village.
Perfect. Soulshadow Tianyou skipped sightseeing. He hurried to the village entrance and stopped.
He tapped the air, opening his character stats panel.
Character ID: Soulshadow Tianyou
Gender: Male
Race: Human
Level: 2
Class: None
Secondary Class: Chef
Attributes: Strength 2, Agility 2, Intelligence 1, Constitution 2, Willpower 2, Charisma 2
HP: 200
MP: 200
Physical Attack: 2 (Strength-based)
Magic Damage: 1 (Intelligence-based)
Physical Defense: 2 (Constitution-based)
Magic Resistance: 2 (Willpower-based)
Carry Weight: 100
Movement Speed: 5
Attack Speed: 5
Soulshadow Tianyou wore only cloth robes—no weapons, nothing. This cringy ID was set in elementary school. The account had existed for years, frozen in time.
He was only level 2, far from the level 20 needed for a basic class change. His chef secondary class got him to level 2 by cooking wild game in the village. He’d never left Novice Village; he didn’t know what the wilds looked like. Utterly cowardly.
He checked his coins: two copper. Not enough to buy gear for the wilds.
Announcement: The server boss is now randomly spawning! All logged-in adventurers today receive a full set of top-tier gear matching their level. Players dealing damage to the world boss get rich rewards again. The player landing the killing blow wins legendary rare equipment. Have fun, adventurers!
"It’s 12 o’clock… Should I log off?" Soulshadow Tianyou muttered after seeing the announcement. Then, a mail arrived—a golden-red New Year reward.
Past experience said it held rare gear matching his level. For veterans, it was just collectible junk.
The real New Year highlight was the random server world boss. Its drops were true godly artifacts.
The server boss was a [World Pseudo-God], with only thirty percent of a regular pseudo-god boss’s HP. But its attacks had no guides—killing it would take time.
World bosses like pseudo-gods were guild battlegrounds. Solo players like him had no shot. Besides, no one could solo a world boss; it took thousands.
New Year Boss drops were insane—nothing like regular boss loot. After all, only one New Year Boss existed, while map bosses respawned endlessly.
History showed the final blow dropped an ultra-rare legendary item (unique attribute), the sole exclusive pet egg, and a special class change book.
These three were priceless. China’s top guilds would tear each other apart for them. Alliances meant nothing when profit called.
Legendary gear aside, super guilds didn’t lack those.
The exclusive pet egg was pure prestige—a guild’s signature. And it wasn’t just for show; it was a legendary pet that could fight a hundred alone, a guild leader’s ultimate status symbol.
The New Year special class change book was equally priceless.
